There has been confusion ever since an explosion rocked Folawiyo axis of Creek Road, Apapa in Lagos Wednesday
night.
night.
Residents are of the opinion that it was a bomb blast as opposed
the Police claim that a tanker carrying fuel burst into flames in the area while led to the loud sound. The Director
of the State Fire Service was also contacted by journalists and he said the explosion wasn’t a bomb blast but a gas explosion, a report which contradicts that of the Police.
the Police claim that a tanker carrying fuel burst into flames in the area while led to the loud sound. The Director
of the State Fire Service was also contacted by journalists and he said the explosion wasn’t a bomb blast but a gas explosion, a report which contradicts that of the Police.
However some journalists and residents of Apapa say they won’t
let the government deceive them because it was clear that what happened was a
bomb blast and not a gas explosion or a fuel tanker bursting into flames.
let the government deceive them because it was clear that what happened was a
bomb blast and not a gas explosion or a fuel tanker bursting into flames.
One Adaobi a staff of the company whose building was
affected by the blast spoke to Vanguard saying, she still can’t come to terms
with the fact that insurgency is now at her doorsteps.
affected by the blast spoke to Vanguard saying, she still can’t come to terms
with the fact that insurgency is now at her doorsteps.
“I cannot believe what I have seen today. I have been
thinking that all these bombings and killings occurring in the northern part of
the country, which I read about in the papers, will never get to the south.
thinking that all these bombings and killings occurring in the northern part of
the country, which I read about in the papers, will never get to the south.
“I have never thought that Boko Haram, whose aim, I think,
is to create an Islamic Caliphate in the entire northern Nigeria, would ever
come to the south. But what I have seen today is shocking.
is to create an Islamic Caliphate in the entire northern Nigeria, would ever
come to the south. But what I have seen today is shocking.
“When I looked at my office building, I discovered that the
glasses on the entire building were destroyed by the blast and I wondered where
we are heading to”, she said.
glasses on the entire building were destroyed by the blast and I wondered where
we are heading to”, she said.
Even though Vanguard didn’t directly say it wasn’t a gas
explosion or a fuel tanker bursting into flames, they made it clear that it was
a car bomb blast.
explosion or a fuel tanker bursting into flames, they made it clear that it was
a car bomb blast.
Another journalist who goes by the name Fejiro Oliver and
blogs at secretsreporters.blogspot.com with the Facebook ID Fejiro Oliver says it was a clear case of a suicide bomber and a
female carried out the task. His tweets and Facebook report below;
blogs at secretsreporters.blogspot.com with the Facebook ID Fejiro Oliver says it was a clear case of a suicide bomber and a
female carried out the task. His tweets and Facebook report below;
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